Fulbright School Declares 2022 Annual College Instructing and Analysis Awards

The Fulbright School of Arts and Sciences on the U of A has named the 2022 winners of its annual instructing and analysis college awards. The recipients had been every chosen for his or her demonstrated excellence in these areas.

“These 2022 awardees are simply stellar — and the competitors for these awards will get extra intense annually because the caliber of the nominees retains wonderful the choice committee,” mentioned Todd Shields, dean of Fulbright School.

“It means a lot to have the ability to honor these incredible, inspiring college members who’re giving their all to their instructing, analysis and repair,” Shields added. “And our 2022 awardees constantly exhibit the very best ranges of feat of their respective fields, all whereas persevering with to assist our college students succeed and dealing to raised our school and the world past.”

FULBRIGHT COLLEGE MASTER TEACHING AWARD

The school honors as much as three excellent lecturers yearly, and choice relies on a letter of nomination, instructing evaluations and documentation in regards to the nominee’s instructing actions.

The 2022 recipients embrace:

Jeffrey Lewis, affiliate professor within the Department of Biological Sciences, whom his division chair and nominator David S. McNabb describes as having “efficiently mastered the power to speak tough scientific ideas to college students … [which] I contemplate that excellent. I merely should not have the satisfactory adjectives to emphasise his efficiency within the classroom.” McNabb mentioned Lewis has graduated two M.S. college students and two Ph.D. college students, mentored 12 undergraduate analysis tasks, served on 40 graduate thesis or dissertation committees and 35 Honors undergraduate committees, and regularly serves as a decide for poster or oral convention displays by college students, serves as an advert hoc reviewer for a number of scientific journals and serves as a grant panelist for each NSF and NIH. “Most college students finishing their analysis underneath his steerage have continued to pursue careers in science and medication, a testomony to his instructing and mentorship outdoors the classroom.” Along with his work within the classroom, Lewis “has been nicely funded by means of federal grants from the Nationwide Science Basis, together with the celebrated NSF CAREER award that he obtained in 2019 … He’s the mannequin for a ‘teacher-scholar’ … His dedication to training ought to be emulated by all college.”

Lynn Meade, teacher within the Department of Communication, whom her colleague and nominator Margaret Butcher describes as “the form of trainer that college students will keep in mind lengthy after they graduate … for the way in which she cared about them and the way in which that she challenged them.” Butcher mentioned Meade has taught 38 lessons from 2018-2021, beforehand gained the Imhoff Award for Instructing and Mentoring, was inducted into the U of A Instructing Academy, was a Wally Cordes Chair speaker and obtained the TFSC College Commendation, which led her to change into a co-director of the Wally Cordes Instructing and College Help Heart. “Dr. Meade seeks out inventive and extremely related instructing strategies whereas offering rigorous content material. She teaches utilizing conventional pedagogical strategies, but in addition tries new applied sciences, engages college students with the neighborhood and supplies studying alternatives the place college students can develop personally, professionally and intellectually,” Butcher mentioned. Meade additionally created a research overseas program in Eire and is likely one of the 33 lecturers from Fulbright School who’re taking part within the Affiliation of School and College Educators (ACUE) microcredential in Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Studying Atmosphere. “Dr. Meade exemplifies what it’s to be a grasp trainer.”

FULBRIGHT COLLEGE MASTER RESEARCHER AWARD

The distinction is awarded to as much as three excellent researchers. Awardees are chosen primarily based on a nomination letter, the nominee’s analysis accomplishments documented in a one-page abstract of his or her analysis outlining its significance, a listing of 10 publications, supporting proof of outstanding efficiency in analysis, his or her curriculum vitae and an analysis by the departmental chairperson.

The 2022 recipients embrace:

Stephanie Schulte, professor within the Department of Communication and that interim associate dean, whom her division vice chair and nominator Ron Warren describes as “extremely deserving of this award” with scholarship that’s “squarely centered on the intersection of expertise, tradition and public coverage. Her mental basis in critical-cultural research has been paired with a set of historic analysis strategies, and the consequence has been a compelling and distinctive voice on the historical past of the web and the digital world.” Since becoming a member of the U of A in 2008, Schulte has revealed one ebook, 17 publications in addition to eight shorter kind items and gained roughly $167,000 in grants, given 22 invited displays and delivered 30 convention papers, primarily at nationwide or worldwide conferences. Warren mentioned that “Dr. Schulte’s analysis has been internationally acknowledged as among the many finest within the fields of communication and American research.” Her writing has been featured in high journals together with the Worldwide Journal of Communication, Feminist Media Research, Feminist Research, Journal of Communication, Social Science Quarterly, Tv and New Media and extra. She has additionally been invited to publish chapters in seminal books revealed by MIT Press, Princeton College Press and Cambridge College Press.

Johanna Thomas, director of the School of Social Work, whom her nominator Yvette Murphy-Erby, vice chancellor of Variety, Fairness and Inclusion, describes as “the epitome of a Grasp Researcher” with a “significant and translational analysis agenda … [and] an skilled throughout the self-discipline” of social work. Thomas’ work facilities on the wants of weak populations, similar to individuals coping with substance abuse, individuals with disabilities and individuals in want of behavioral and integrative well being help and counseling. Since arriving on the U of A six and half years in the past, Thomas has revealed 20 peer-reviewed articles in top-tier journals, has six extra articles underneath evaluation, has revealed three ebook chapters and delivered 37 peer-reviewed displays. Thomas’ funding totals greater than $28.5 million in exterior awards. Final 12 months alone, she wrote or co-wrote 15 basis or federal grants totaling $23.6 million, bringing in $19.9 million to nonprofits and specialty courts all through Arkansas and $2.9 million to the U of A. She integrated $530,000 in her grant proposals to help pupil stipends, journey, assistantships, tuition and internships. Her collaborative work additionally created 60 graduate pupil scholarships value greater than $1.5 million. “There isn’t any denying that Dr. Thomas is … a star researcher.”

FULBRIGHT COLLEGE OUTSTANDING ADVISOR AWARD

This award acknowledges a school member’s distinctive contributions to the departmental or school advising program. Awardees are chosen primarily based on a letter of advice from somebody who’s acquainted with the candidate’s work as an advisor together with letters of help from colleagues and former college students.

The 2022 recipient is:

Kathy Comfort, French professor and vice chair within the Department of World Languages, Literatures and Cultures, whom her colleague and nominator Hope Christiansen describes as being “eminently certified to advise college students heading in the right direction choice … methods to acclimate to a totally totally different tradition and … methods to get probably the most out of the research overseas expertise.” Consolation has been an undergraduate advisor for practically 19 years and has a fame for being somebody who “immediately places [students] comfy, putting the right stability between providing very important info … and making a heat and welcoming environment.” Consolation additionally helped discovered the U of A’s French research overseas program and regularly serves as a thesis advisor. She additionally helped the U of A change into a testing heart for the Chambre de Commerce de Paris Ile-de­France and for the Take a look at d’analysis de Franfrais internationally acknowledged basic language proficiency examination. Consolation has finished all this whereas nonetheless “sustaining an lively analysis program … a powerful instructing document [and] carrying a constantly heavy service load. I do know of few college members who work as onerous as Kathy Consolation does and who’re as profitable in all areas as she,” Christiansen mentioned.

J. HILLMAN YOWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

This award is given to a Fulbright School graduate assistant in recognition of their excellent contributions to the instructing mission of the faculty and college. Awardees are chosen primarily based on a letter of nomination, a suggestion by the departmental chairperson, assessments of classroom visitations and different kinds of departmental evaluation, his or her curriculum vitae, letters of help from college and friends in addition to present and former college students, a listing of programs taught on the college and a abstract of pupil evaluations for every course.

The 2022 recipient is:

Airic Hughes, within the Department of History, whom his nominator Laurence Hare, chair and affiliate professor of the historical past, describes as “the best candidate for this award resulting from his dedication to his college students and the ways in which his instructing strives to make sure that they depart the classroom as higher native and world residents.” Hare mentioned Hughes is one in every of “our hottest and efficient graduate instructors, invariably having fun with extraordinarily excessive enrollment and receiving constantly excessive analysis scores.” In each 2020 and 2021, Hughes was awarded the Matthew B. Kirkpatrick Prize for Excellence in Historical past Graduate Instructing. Moreover, one in every of Hughes’ former college students mentioned, “He makes studying a couple of subject like historical past participating and fascinating. In all my years as a pupil, I’ve by no means encountered a professor that is ready to join with college students the way in which that he does. Mr. Hughes’ curiosity in educating all college students about historical past is pushed by his clear concern for pupil development. … With one of these instructing college students imagine of their skill to contribute and develop within the classroom.”